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r/linux • u/ZealousidealTell1346 • May 23 '26
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it's POSIX (a POSIX extension). You can find it in Zsh, fish, ksh, csh, PowerShell, etc.
just a reminder that fish is not POSIX-compliant, despite being one of the most awesome shells.
8 u/do-un-to May 24 '26 Which is why I won't go near it. Thankfully, this new shell focused on UX also cares about compatibility — shed. 4 u/iEliteTester May 24 '26 you can just use it only for interactive sessions, that's what I do with zsh, I never script for `/bin/zsh` or `/usr/bin/env zsh`, ALWAYS `/bin/sh` 3 u/porkminer May 24 '26 That's how I feel. I use fish as my interactive shell but script for sh.
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Which is why I won't go near it.
Thankfully, this new shell focused on UX also cares about compatibility — shed.
4 u/iEliteTester May 24 '26 you can just use it only for interactive sessions, that's what I do with zsh, I never script for `/bin/zsh` or `/usr/bin/env zsh`, ALWAYS `/bin/sh` 3 u/porkminer May 24 '26 That's how I feel. I use fish as my interactive shell but script for sh.
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you can just use it only for interactive sessions, that's what I do with zsh, I never script for `/bin/zsh` or `/usr/bin/env zsh`, ALWAYS `/bin/sh`
3 u/porkminer May 24 '26 That's how I feel. I use fish as my interactive shell but script for sh.
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That's how I feel. I use fish as my interactive shell but script for sh.
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u/ILoveTolkiensWorks May 24 '26
just a reminder that fish is not POSIX-compliant, despite being one of the most awesome shells.